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American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, 2018 Calciphylaxis, also known as calcific uremic arteriolopathy and uremic small artery disease with medial wall calcification and intimal hyperplasia, is a multifactorial cutaneous vascular disease characterized by chronic, painful, non-healing wounds that occur frequently in patients with chronic kidney disease, predominantly in those with end-stage ...
García Lozano, José Alberto +3 more
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Calciphylaxis in peritoneal dialysis patients: a single center cohort study
International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease, 2016 Yanchen Zhang,1 Kristin M Corapi,2 Maria Luongo,2 Ravi Thadhani,2 Sagar U Nigwekar2 1Harvard Summer Research Program in Kidney Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; 2Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Background: Calciphylaxis ...
Zhang Y +4 more
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Penile calciphylaxis with penoscrotal necrosis: A case report with literature review
Urology Case Reports, 2023 Penile calciphylaxis, also known as calcific uremic arteriolopathy is an uncommon condition of the penile vessels due to its extensive vascular network.
Zhino Noori Hussein +5 more
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Bone scintigraphy findings in calciphylaxis
Radiology Case Reports, 2018 Calciphylaxis is a poorly understood condition involving vascular calcification and thrombosis that leads to skin necrosis. Unfortunately, a noninvasive definitive test for calciphylaxis does not currently exist, and diagnosis relies on clinical symptoms
John Raduka, BS +4 more
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Penile necrosis and calciphylaxis
Urology Case Reports, 2021 Penile necrosis is an uncommon condition associated, in most cases, with calciphylaxis, also known as calcific uremic arteriolopathy. It is a progressive disease found in approximately 1%–4% of patients with end stage renal disease.
José Henrique Gomes Torres +5 more
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Nonuremic Idiopathic Calciphylaxis in a Patient With Preceding Warfarin Use and Iron Infusions
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical CasesCalciphylaxis is a rare and life-threatening illness characterized by microvessel occlusion due to calcification, fibro-intimal hyperplasia, and thrombosis in the subcutaneous adipose tissue and dermis.
Miranda Huebner +2 more
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BMC Nephrology, 2022 Background Calciphylaxis, or calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA), is a rare, fatal disorder of microvascular calcification and thrombosis that typically affects patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) receiving long-term dialysis.
Yuan Lu, Lei Shen, Ling Zhou, Deyu Xu
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Scintigraphic Demonstration of Calciphylaxis
Radiology Case Reports, 2008 We report the case of a 59-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease who presented with bilateral medial calf tenderness and subsequent development of a large necrotic plaque that was proven at biopsy to be calciphylaxis. A radionuclide bone scan contributed to management by helping establish the diagnosis.
Guy L. Wheeler, Amolak Singh
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Calciphylaxis in the Setting of Alcoholic Cirrhosis: Case Report and Literature Review
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2017 Calciphylaxis can be a severe life-threatening dermatologic disease that is a known complication associated with end-stage renal disease. However, multiple non-uremic etiologies that are not yet well studied can cause calciphylaxis. We report a rare care
Natasha Shah MD +3 more
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BMC Nephrology, 2020 Background Calciphylaxis is a rare condition usually seen in patients with end-stage renal disease. Pain is a hallmark of this condition and can be extremely difficult to control.
Rajkumar Chinnadurai +3 more
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